Metallic heel



R. R. KIRSCH.

METALLIC HEEL.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 14. 1921.

Patented Apr. 11, 1922.

. UNITED STATES RAYMOND R. KIRSGH, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

METALLIC HEEL.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Apr. 11,1922.

Application filed April 14, 1921. Serial No. 461,272.

Y '0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RAYMOND R. KrnsoH, a citizen of the United States. residing in, the city of St. Louis and State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Metallic Heel, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in metal heels, and more particularly to improved means for attaching the top lift to the heel body.

An object of the invention is to provide a metal heel construction with means for attachin the top lift to the bottom of the heel body, said'construction being one that may be manufactured at a low cost.

Additional advantages of the construction will be apparent from the following detailed description thereof taken in connection with the accompanying drawing. in which- Fig. 1 is a view of the shoe heel attached to the shoe body, with the lower portion thereof in section, illustrating the construction of a top lift.

Fig. 2 is a view of similar parts showing the top lift attached in place.

Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view illustrating the means for attaching the top lift to the heel bod I31 the embodiment of'the invention illustrated in the drawing the heel body 1 is in the form of a hollow casting of. any suitable contour, the said heel body having an in tegral transverse wall thereof.

In the wall 1 there is formed a plurality of vertically disposed openings 3 drilled through the bottom of the heel body. Any number of vertical holes desired may be employed. In the embodiment shown there is provideda double pair of vertical holes, the holes of each pair being arranged in longitudinal alinement.

Transversely of the inner end of each pair of holes there is a horizontal opening cut through from the inner wall of the heel body.

A toplift 5 is provided with perforations, or indentations. arranged so that when the top lift is placed against the bottom of the heel body, the perforations or indentations are in registration with vertical holes 3. Nails 6 are then driven therethrough and into the vertical holes 3, the inner ends of the nails coming in contact with the upper wall of the transverse passages 41:. In order 2 at the bottom to prevent moisture or foreign substance from accumulating in the passages a small quantity 7 of Wax or other like material may be provided. 7 Y I A heel constructed in accordance with the'foregoing disclosure has the advantage of providing means whereby the top lift may be attached to the heel with facility,'

said construction being such that it may be manufactured economically.

I am aware that the invention may be modified in certain particulars without departure from the spirit and scope thereof.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1 V l. The combination with a shoe heel havinga transverse lower wall with series of vertical passages therein for receiving nails, transverse spaced passages extend-ing into said wall from the breast of the heel body intersecting the respective series of vertical passages, a top lift, and nails within said vertical passages, and clenching upon the lower walls of said transverse passages.

2. The combination with a shoe heel body having a solid transverse lower wall with series of vertical passages therein for receiving nails, transverse pamages intersecting the respective series of vertical-pass'ages.'

for receiving nails, spaced transverse pas-j" sages intersectingithe respective series of vertical passages, a top lift, nails'passing through said top lift and through said vertical passages and clenching upon the lower walls of said transverse passages, and sealing material forsealing the openingsof the transverse passages.

. 4. A shoe heel, comprising a'hollow cast lng having a relatively thick bottom wall,

vertical openings extending from the bottom face of said wall, said verticalopenings be- 111g arranged in longitudinal pairs, transverse passages extending from the. exterior.

of said: transverse wall substantially intermediate the thickness thereof'and commu nicating. with the longitudinal pairs of vertical openings, a top lift, and nails passing through the top lift into the'vertical openings and clenching against the walls of said transverse openings.

RAYMOND R. KIRSCH. I 

